It’s still early days when it comes to the development of a commercial plant capable of turning non-food biomass such as corn stalks and wheat straw into sugars for future processing into chemicals but Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) has taken a big step in that direction with a funding announcement this week.

Lambton OPP say they arrested a 20-year-old Strathroy-Strathroy Caradoc man who was allegedly over the legal limit, but not before the accused rolled into a ditch and caught on fire on Michigan Line at Mandaumin Rd.